Subj : Re: Larry King
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 21:20:33

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

John I wrote:

> Tyler Trafford wrote:
> 
>> Nick wrote:
>>> John Iwaniszek wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Speaking of rascism in the media:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/480/ladm10208301530
>>>> 
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/9uy99
>>>> 
>>>> Notice a pattern?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> (Both links are to yahoo.  the second was too long.)
>>> 
>>> So the people at Yahoo are the true racists.  I always suspected as
>>> much. BTW, city officials are practically encouraging the looting
>>> of food and water.  Nobody will be charged with any crimes related
>>> to that.  Now the guys taking TVs and Playstations, on the other
>>> hand, may be in a bit of trouble. 
>> 
>> (The pictures/captions aren't Yahoo's.  One was AP, the other was
>> AFP. 
> 
> 
> And it pretty much summed up the pattern of reporting.  There is no
> doubt that bad actors were looting merchandise, however, the pooor
> people caught behind are receiving no assistance from State or
> Federal disaster relief.  People are dying in large concentrations
> down there.  We know where they are, but it appears as though nothing
> is being done.  The "looter" meme seems to be taking hold and is
> serving to demonize people who are just trying to survive in the
> absence of needed assistance. 


Oddly, the people who have been doing the most are getting the least 
press. The La Dept of Wildlife and Fisheries were the first ones in there 
with boats and have been pulling people out since it was safe to go in. 
The Lieutenant Governor went out to see the efforts in one of the boats 
and ended up spending the entire day helping pull people out. The 
remarkable part is there were not even any television cameras to see him 
to it.

There is as much being done as possible. People are being taken out of the 
city as fast as possible. But can you imagine trying to drive a boat 
through a city where you don't know what is under you or how deep or 
shallow the water may be? There are thousands of people still in New 
Orleans and they are getting them out. It just takes a ridiculous amount 
of time because of how slow you have to go in a boat and how few people 
one can hold. Personally, I think they should be using the helicopters to 
drop food and water to people who they can't get to right away. However, 
it is hard to send helicopters back in to help people when the people they 
are trying to help are shooting at them. I know it isn't all the people 
but what do you tell the helicopter pilot who is working to get people 
out? "We know it is rough out there, but try to dodge any bullets you see 
coming at you." These aren't all military folks.

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